"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate."

Before Qingji could speak, Zeng Shen held the tooth wat in his hand and stood up to refute Wenzhong's claim.

"Is my Da Wu short of money now? There is no shortage. Not to mention anything else, the money in the treasury is piled up, the rope used to string the money is rotten and it is not used, and the corn and rice in the warehouse are hundreds of millions, enough for tens of millions of my subjects to eat for more than ten years! ”

"If Your Majesty thinks that there are too few official schools in various places and the supply exceeds the demand, why don't you just build more official schools and use them as Heavenly Daoist missionaries?"

As the head of the household department, Zeng Shen is very familiar with the current financial situation of Dawu.

Although his statement is a bit exaggerated, it is enough to show how rich Da Wu is now.

Thanks to the Great Wu's foreign development wars, especially after the destruction of the Persian Achaemenid Dynasty, a large amount of gold and silver treasures were transported back to the Great Wu mainland.

The vassal kingdoms also regularly paid tribute to the Great Wu region every year, offering many local products, as well as gold and silver treasures.

Because Great Wu used a policy of restraint against the vassal kingdoms, the death and life of the foreign clans in Fanbang, Qingji basically ignored it.

The vassal kingdom is similar to the colony of Great Wu.

In this case, it is always the Wu people who benefit, and it is always those foreign people who suffer.

"Your Majesty."

At this time, Zuo Qiu Ming also came out and said: "The minister thinks that it is not necessary to build official schools in various places to facilitate the missionary affairs of the Heavenly Taoist Sect. ”

"The preaching of the Heavenly Daoist Sect is basically the responsibility of the scholars and local officials in various places, and the Sunday is only one day, so there is really no need to spend so much time."

"The role of the church is limited to the mission on Sundays."

"The rest of the time is basically idle. What are the benefits of building such a church? ”

"What Lord Zuo said is extremely true, and the minister seconded it!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

The ministers and officials of the court all thought that the role of the church was not great, and even Qingji thought so.

Wen Chong's eyes rolled for a moment, and he said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if you want to build churches in various places, you don't need to pay money from the imperial court, and you don't even need to pay additional taxes from the countrymen, you only need to raise donations, and you can succeed." ”

"I am rich in Wu, rich in the people, not to say that every family is well-off, but I don't have to worry about food and clothing."

"The young are supported, the old are supported, learning is taught, and the rich businessmen are countless."

"As believers in the Heavenly Dao Sect, if they want to build a church so that they can accumulate yin virtue, so that their souls can ascend to heaven after death, the people of the country must be very happy."

"No!"

What surprised Qingji was that it was Prince Heng who came forward to refute the genre this time.

I saw that Prince Heng stood up, bowed to Qingji and said: "Father, the son thinks that there is really no need for my Dawu to build a church in one more move, it is enough to have official schools in various places!" ”

"I have a national school, a county school, a county school, a township school, thousands of large and small schools, a gathering of humanities, and a flourishing culture, which is unprecedented."

"A school is actually a church, what's wrong?"

"Father, the son thinks that it should be time for my Dawu to open up the wisdom of the people and popularize the education of the whole people."

After a pause, Prince Heng said again: "My Great Wu is the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire and the state of etiquette, but how many people really have the opportunity to read and write?" ”

"How many people want to read but don't have a book to read? For various reasons, they had to drop out of school to work in agriculture and work, so that they could not even read words, let alone write articles. ”

"Everyone in my Dawu has money, whether it is a worker, a farmer, or even the lowest level of dung diggers and sweepers, their basic wages are 5,000 a month, which is the minimum standard."

"They can afford the tuition, but why don't they have any books to read?"

"Because there are too few official schools and private schools are banned, some people who want to study can only secretly find a gentleman to teach, and once they are found out, they will inevitably be severely punished by the government."

"As a result, many teenagers are unable to read and have no opportunity to study."

"Only those who are truly gifted and intelligent, have achievements, and pass the layers of assessment can stand out from the township school and go to the county school, the county school, and even the national school for further study."

"Some people haven't even finished their hometown school, and they can only barely read and write."

"Isn't it a pity that they have the desire to read but not the opportunity to get in?"

“……”

Prince Heng's words made the huge court instantly silent.

Open the wisdom of the people, this is a relatively sensitive problem in Dawu.

Many years ago, Dawu Junchen once mentioned the matter of opening up the people's wisdom and implementing compulsory education for all, and he mentioned it more than once, but they were all vetoed by Qingji without exception.

Because Dawu uses Legalism to govern the country and govern the country according to law.

What do Legalists admire?

Foolish policy!

Only the ignorant are easier to control......

Qingji also had to admit this.

Every time he slaughters more dogs, he is the most negative reader.

Sure enough, as a representative of the Legalists, Deng Xi stood up for the first time to refute the proposition that the prince always wanted to open up the wisdom of the people.

"What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, Da Miao!"

"Lao Tzu said: The great road is wasted, there is benevolence and righteousness, wisdom comes out, there is great hypocrisy, the six relatives are not in harmony, there is filial piety, the country is in chaos, and there are loyal ministers."

"People's hearts are unpredictable, the second and third sons calculate and dump each other, and everyone's only self-interest is to try, so the country is bound to be in turmoil!"

Deng Xi said to Qingji: "Your Majesty, my Dawu has a national sub-supervisor, a county school, a county school, and a township school, which is already a great cultural flourish. ”

"Universal education for all, I can really afford it. But what will happen after that? ”

"Everyone is a scholar, and everyone has a book to read. In the future, they all have the heart to pursue their careers, so ambitious, can't be down-to-earth, where are the workers? Where are the peasants? Where are the soldiers? ”

"Readers have many eyes, and they are not as simple as those who don't know how to read and reason."

"Your Majesty, please be aware of it!"

Deng Xi still put forward such a reason, a reason that has been tried and tested before.

Prince Heng was a little annoyed in his heart, so he sneered at each other: "Lord Deng, I think what you said is a fallacy. ”

"My Great Wu claims to be the Heavenly Empire, and the Wu people are all citizens of the Heavenly Empire."

"However, in the dignified Heavenly Empire, there are still so many Chinese people who can't read a single word and can't read and reason, isn't it ridiculous?"

"The people of my Dawu now have faith and ambition, and if they are literate again, why not?"

"If the people's wisdom is not opened, the future development of my Dawu will definitely be stagnant."

"Only by opening the wisdom of the people can the world make progress, and the country can continue to prosper and achieve long-term peace and stability."

Qingji sat on the dragon chair, seeing that Prince Heng and Deng Xi were pinching each other there, and the ministers followed and waved their hands to interrupt the topic.

This made Prince Heng inevitably disappointed.

He wants to open up the wisdom of the people and popularize the education of all in Dawu.

After Qingji dies, can Prince Heng, who inherited the unification, do it?

It's hard to do.

Because Prince Heng does not have such an unmatched prestige as Qingji.

If he insists on promoting compulsory education for all, maybe the courtiers and officials of Great Wu and the scholars of the world will unite against him......

The cake is that big.

The more people to share, the less you can share.

There are millions and tens of millions of readers all of a sudden, and you can imagine what degree of "involution" will be formed within Dawu.